In passage 1 what can be understood from lous argument at the bottom of page 3? 1. He needs money to pay off his debts.

2. He wants to avoid hard work.

3. The family has been in debt before.

4. The family is too large to support itself.

This is the political, social, cultural, and economic 'time and place' surrounding the creation of a literary text.

Nthis poem by ruskin bond, what does the use of the word heart-beats suggest about the narrator's attitude toward life?

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these